When labor ministers from 22 Asian and Middle Eastern countries meet in Abu Dhabi this week to discuss Asian contract migrant workers, they should address widespread violations of migrant workers’ rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Both labor-sending and labor-receiving countries benefit from migration, but abuse of workers’ rights remains rampant. These abuses include recruitment-related deception, unpaid wages, confiscation of passports, and, in some instances, physical violence.